New NHS genetic testing service ‘could save thousands of children’ in England
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from Science | The Guardian on (#64MJ6)
Rapid analysis of patients' entire genome will allow treatment to begin much faster
Very sick babies and children will be diagnosed and start treatment more quickly thanks to a revolutionary" new genetic testing service being launched by the NHS.
Doctors will gain vital insights within as little as two days into what illnesses more than 1,000 newborns and infants a year in England have from the rapid analysis of blood tests.
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